Re: echinacea
- Subject: Re: echinacea
- From: A* L*
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 10:27:55 +0100
barbara sargent wrote:
>
> I have two echinacea in my garden: a dark pink and a white. The white one
> is in a sunnier spot and seems to need very little water. The pink one gets
> a bit more shade and some of the flower stalks and leaves wilt when the
> weather gets warmer than usual. I was just gone for a week and the pink one
> was all but gone, with the one stalk that has just started blooming fallen
> over. The white one is happy as can be with lots of flowers. I was under
> the impression that these are drought tolerant plants. By the way, my
> garden is mulched with lots of leaves and plant clippings.
>
> Any suggestions or information?
>
> Barbara - in Berkeley
Do you get slugs in California? they devour every Echinacea we put out
in England and would love your mulch, but in one of the tunnels that is
too dry for them, the Echinacea purpurea are more than five feet tall.
Anthony
